Refrigerator show-case.



F. VAN DUYNE.

REFRIGERATOR SHOW CASE.

APPLIUATION FILED 001212, 1910.

1,023,975. Patented Apr. 23,1912.

2 SHBETS--SHEET 1,

F. VAN DUYNE.

REFRGBRATOR SHOW CASE.

APPLICATION FILED 00112, 1910.

1,023,975. Patented Apr. 23, 1912 2 SHBETS-SHEBT 2.

combination pai'ticulnrly described ande!" "of a shelf brai'eket; Fig. l is a eeeliun un 'ii held Yin plis-il" UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

rmx VAN DUYNE, oF

sT. PAL, MINNESOTA.

BEFRIGERATQB. SHow-cAsE- .a citizen nf'tie United Sintes, ref-.Ming :it

St. Paul, in Ille eunniy uf llunbey :unl Stale E of Minnes'nln, lmve inwnlefl fei'lain new and 'useful lniprnu-im-nls in liefrigemtur ShmwCn'ses, nf nliieb the felluwing is :l s'peelientin.

ihi'enlinn relates lu imprm'elnenis in ref rigi'gitbi's :is embodied particularly in :l ref rigetntnr sbliw came, its lnbjeet being tu senl the mnx'xnnni ,ammini 0f eimulntiun, :simplicityV :ind leanlinss, and to thi;` end consists m th features nl' eunsirneten and In tl1e aecux'nlnying drawings forming part of this specifieltion, Figure 1 is n longitudinal vertical section of my improved refrigerntl'sbuw ease; Fig'. if is u pempective view 0f the grilling; Fig. 3 :l lle-tam line 'in-@ of Fig.' 1; Fig. 5 'ni :i perspective View 4ln'olzen away if one of the refrigerntur amextitjn Wallis; and Fig is a section un "'y-yofFigi Referring" to the` drawing represengs the bttoni', 25 the ends, 4 the front,- 5 the 6 tlitop'of the shoivease. The

Specication of Letters Patenl.

Appnemon mea ohm-oer 12, 19m. serial no. 586,665.

Apr. 23,

bnr U of the partition wall 13 is formed with n plurality if upenings :tbsaid partition wall :nhl plate l2 being spaced from the top of the ense. The Space between the opposite pulliliun walls 13 fel-nis the iee chamber. Arranged in the bottmn ef the iceelnxnber le* :l grating 21 and underneath the-Smje are the dsnwanllly directed dellecting walls The allow ease Provided unile;- nealh the gmling with a. Suitable drainage pipe 24. f .Supported by the shun-' ease above tbe icevelmlnber is u suitable heat insulating' In opemtinn, lwith Llie. ice ehaniber lled with iee the c olnl air will 'pass downwardly being llelleeled by the delletol' @Valls 23' underneath [be plates 19 passing-around, .said plates npwanllj; Athrvuglir,plie 4fond chambers. A .secondary circulan-ion `of aix: takes plan-e tbronh the epeings Zlfand-V underneath the lojvei' end oilheiplale 12': zuid npra'ggrdviliruuglr the inner portdn of the fond elnnnber.Y .The nminjoinculaiiqn of zxr panning lllnvxi'dly around the=plutes 1i! 30 will mainly alfeetiilie Aunter pnl-tiens of the fond cham r, while the secondary circula# lien ofnir will mainly nlfeet the inner portionn, tllns ezlnsing n wnnplete and effective cold :lit eiijenlnl-iun tlnnngh ille fond eliam- 35 ber.

I claim ns, my iin'enlinnz..

l. A ln l:i alum' ezml'el'rigemt'm' uf the .lnss dexribefl. the eumbinnlinn willi a came, of verlirzll sparen-l4 pzu'lilinn ,-.inllr :arranged 90 [herein forming :in inIernu-lizlle ice vinimber, n full elmniln-r :ulju'en one nf said feriale-l willihpuuxl walls, the pui-e between the nllbj of sziill pnrlilinnvmnninunimting al ila upper enel with Suid ice ehumlier, slidim bamboe eunnnnnieuliug bclmvsaid prliliun \r: |l| lileet vWilli the food chamber, :und means fur llellecting the air frnnl lthe mee between the spaced walls of the par; 106 lilinn inte [be bnllmn ofthe fuuglrclmniber ive elnn'nlwr n Ille fumi eliambelf.

1 .1 ln :i .Jnmv euse reflrigemtor of the class nldwfrilu-l, he AnxnbinniinnV will :i ease, of 105 rerliz-:ll pnrlil inn walk; paved frein llic ends '.f the vn#- lu ferm fowl rlmnlbers :und spzurefl .from einen `nlhel to fui-nl :In 'intermediate ice elmmbei. em'h uf .will pai-liliumv millbeing Al'mnlenl with spaced Walls, said 11|),

pnrlitiml walls being A5pm-eil from4 the bottom nf the else to form apaasage from the ice chamber' to the food chamber and a horizontal wall extending outwardly from the lower end ot' each partition wall into the food chamber, said horizontal walls closing the Ispaces between the lower end ot' the spaced walls of the partitions whereby the air is directed from the spaces between said walls into the food chamber independently of the air passing directly from the ice chamber to the food chamber.

3. In a show case refrigerator of the class described, the combination with a case, ot' vertical partition .walls spaced from the ends of the case to forni food chambers and spaced from each other to form an intermediate ice chamber, each of Said partition walls being forn'led with spaced Walls, said partition walls being spaced from the bottom of the case to form a passage from the ice chamber to the food chamber, a horizont-al wall extending outwardly from the lower end of each partition wall into the food chamber, said horizontal walls closing the spaces between the lower end of the `spaced walls of the partitions whereby the air is directed from the spaces between said walls into the food chambers independently of the air passing directly from the ice chamber to the food chambers, a grating between said partition walls, and deflector plates below said grating.l

4. ln a show case refrigerator, the combination with a case, of vertical partition walls spaced from the opposite ends thereof to forni food chambers and spaced to form an intermediate ice chamber, a plate removably supported npon the inner side of each partition wall and spaced therefrom, the space between said plate and Wall'coinmunieating at its upper end with the ice chamber and at its lower end with the food chamber, and a horizontal Wall extending outwardly from each partition wall and spaced from said removably supported wall.

In testimony whereof I atlix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

FRANK VAN DUYNE. \Vitnesses:

H. S. JonNaoN, Alrrnln: P. Lo'rnnor. 

